VNC problem(newby)

[tspoon]

I have an Ionics brand sheevaplug. I can connect to it using the jtag/usb connection, and SSH, so I know it's working. The plug is on ethernet through a switch, and to the internet through a router. I can ping to it ok. It can also connect to the internet, as I have successfully used the package system to put Transmission bittorrent client onto the plug. I would like to use VNC to connect, but it (uVNC and TightVNC) says 'cannot connect'.

 Bearing in mind that I am not highly conversant with linux, can anyone point out how to get VNC on my plug, or point me to the info? Thanks in advance.

[mgillespie]

You are far better using transmission via the WEB-UI.

apt-get install transmission-daemon

MAKE SURE TRANSMISSION-DAEMON IS NOT RUNNING WHEN YOU EDIT THE FILE!!  All the changes get lost!!

Stop the transmission daemon using:  /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop

You will then need to configure the settings:

nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

You will like need to edit the following settings to allow remote LAN access : (here is snippet of mine as an example that assumes your local lan is 192.168.1.x based:)

 "rpc-whitelist": "192.168.1.*",
 "rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,


You can then save the file, start transmission-darmon, in the same way you stopped it (changing stop for start obviously).  And then access the Transmission client via your web browser on port 9091

http://my-sheeva-ip:9091/transmission/web/

[tspoon]

thanks, actually I managed to get it going with a bit of headscratching and some external pages I found. Am I able to link to them here for the future reference of others?

http://www.openplug.org/plugwiki/index.php/New_Plugger_How_To

http://computingplugs.com/index.php/Installing_X11

I've still got a ways to go yet until I have the thing doing what I'd like it too, but progress is good...